Rudolph of Lorraine

Rudolph "the Valiant" of Lorraine (1320-26 August 1346) was Duke of Lorraine from 1329 to 1346, succeeding Frederick IV and preceding John I.

Biography
Raoul de Lorraine was born in Lorraine, France in 1320, the son of Duke Frederick IV of Lorraine and the grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Albert I of Germany. He became Duke on his father's death in 1329, and his mother served as his regent until 1334. Rudolph became a general, fighting against Henry IV of Bar in Lorraine, against the English at Tournai in 1340 during the Hundred Years' War, against the Moors at Gibraltar in 1340, and in Brittany during the War of the Breton Succession. In 1346, he was killed at the Battle of Crecy.